Egosoft Interactive FAQ

X Rebirth

In X Rebirth Version 4.00, four difficulty levels are available: Easy, Normal, Hard and Very Hard. You have to select one when starting a new game, but can also change it at any time under Settings -> Game Settings -> Difficulty.

The difficulty level influences the following things:

The amount of damage caused by the player ship's weapon fire (this includes missiles).

The amount of damage taken by the player ship when it is damaged (this excludes collision damage to the shields).

Mission payments

For the difficulty levels "Hard" and "Very Hard" only: The amount of ships of enemy factions in the universe.

For the difficulty levels "Hard" and "Very Hard" only: Whether you can earn special achievements. For more information please see this article.

Please note: If you have started your savegame in a game version prior to 2.0, then your difficulty level was automatically set to 'Normal', when you updated to version 2.0 (or higher).